This author does make a point. I don’t agree with all of it but he does have a point.
And although the words have been misused by others I think that Business be it a Corporation or a mom and pop Sole proprietorship need to think about where there customer base is coming from. Some call this Corporate-Citizenship I call it smart business sense.
If the customer base you are developing is Local, State or at the National level then you do more for your bottom line in the long term in providing your potential customers with work/jobs that provide them an income to buy your products that you produce here.
If you are international in scope both for your customer base as well as your suppliers then out-sourcing may make more sense.
Let’s face it... Unless your customers can afford your products you won’t make any sales.
. . . and the more people you put out of work, the fewer products they will buy at any price. It’s already happening.